Aleksandr Gorbachev Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Resposibilities:● Migration of on-premises broker infrastructure (2 data centers) to public cloud for cost optimization;● IT infrastructure architecture refactoring;● Providing fault tolerance and disaster recovery;● Ensuring information security of the infrastructure;

Malta

Outsourcing cloud infrastructure for internal and external customers and leading workforce L&D initiatives:· Researched ROI estimation automation for learning and development initiatives to align workforce skills with market demand using machine learning and natural language processing techniques.· Structured DevOps skills ontology that enables automated search of jobs on the Upwork platform with up to 85% relevance metrics.· Guided senior management on workforce profile improvement, estimating the top 10 most valuable certification pathways that drive potential sales growth.· Re-engineered existing CI/CD infrastructure, improving deployment frequency and reducing rollback rates by applying DevOps best practices.· Audited existing virtual infrastructure, reducing new hire onboarding costs through detailed visualization and documentation of key infrastructure components.· Adapted infrastructure monitoring system using Grafana, Prometheus and Loki, enabling alerting of responsible personnel in less than 5 minutes and reducing infrastructure downtime.· Migrated a cloud surveillance application's architecture from a Docker Compose to a Kubernetes cluster using Helm and ArgoCD, resulting in improved microservice deployment rates and reduced resource consumption.· Documented and cleaned up existing fintech cloud-native AWS infrastructure, resulting in a 55% cost reduction over 3 months.· Automated deployment of fintech cloud-native application in Azure, reducing time to deploy test and production environments using Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code approach

Tyumen’, Russia

EdTech startup in independent qualification assessment professional services in a field of network systems administration and cloud computing:· Streamlined operational efficiency and strategic partnerships by working with key vendors and state agencies, resulting in 43% year-over-year net revenue growth in service offerings.· Adapted approaches to infrastructure modeling from on-premises virtualization to public cloud, converting CapEx to OpEx and improving deployment speed by implementing infrastructure-as-code concepts.· Invented an automated IT infrastructure unit testing framework based on the pyATS architecture, which improved the accuracy of infrastructure state evaluation and reduced assessment time.· Launched an educational experience platform as part of a United Nations Development Program grant, which expanded the organization's educational outreach and increased revenue by 65% within the first year.· Designed information infrastructure solutions for IT skills training centers, increasing student enrollment and improving training success rates through customized course customization and integration of advanced simulation tools.· Strengthened B2B interactions and secured key academic partnerships with Cisco Systems and Microsoft by adapting vendor courses for state ICT training curricula, resulting in widened students engagement and academic partner satisfaction.

Tyumen’, Russia

Conducting an information infrastructure audit of the Research Center and its affiliates:· Identified critical infrastructure gaps, improving network reliability and security compliance through comprehensive scans of internal and external address spaces.· Managed network modernization, resulting in network performance increase and a 60% reduction in maintenance costs by consolidating infrastructure equipment.· Eliminated existing information security threats and achieved a 93% reduction in vulnerabilities by analyzing network device configurations and implementing updated security protocols.

Russian Federation

Representing national ICT expert community and cooperating with representatives from other countries to develop, organize and participate in international ICT competitions:· Participated in the development of professional standards adopted by 30+ countries, improving the consistency and quality of ICT competencies worldwide by collaborating with international experts and incorporating diverse technological perspectives.· Led the national team to participate in European and international competitions by developing rigorous training programs and infrastructure, resulting in 4 gold and 3 bronze medals in various ICT competitions.· Arranged IT infrastructure for domestic and international ICT competitions that supported over 5,000 participants annually by optimizing the speed of infrastructure deployment using automation best practices.· Created 9 test projects for European and international ICT competitions, which significantly raised competition standards and participant engagement by including tasks on cutting-edge technologies and high-quality assessment methods.

Tyumen Region, Russian Federation

Leading and promoting a special department for IT talent development and positioning the university as a leader in IT education in Russia and abroad:· Doubled student participation in international professional skills competitions year-over-year by creating technological and organizational facilities that enhanced the demonstration of skills on a global stage.· Developed a scalable private cloud infrastructure, improving the quality and speed of on-premises infrastructure modeling and facilitating a faster learning pace by building a dedicated data center based on Cisco UCS clusters and VMware SDDC.· Managed departmental operations, including staffing, budget, and contracting activities, resulting in an average 25% increase in year-over-year procurement speed and improved cross-departmental collaboration by aligning strategic goals with university leadership.· Hosted IT infrastructure for 9 international ICT competitions in multiple countries, significantly raising the university's international profile and credibility.

Tyumen, Russian Federation

Commissioning and maintenance of the geo-distributed network infrastructures for various customers:· Commissioned network infrastructure for a financial organization, providing network interaction and security conditions for Central Bank exchange through technical implementation of Cisco Systems best practices.· Conducted an audit and modernization of a retailer's 10-branch network infrastructure, increasing network reliability and reducing downtime by implementing targeted upgrades and redundancy plans.· Implemented a DMVPN re-engineering plan for a nation-wide construction corporation, which improved network bandwidth efficiency and allowed to increase VoIP capacity by 75%.· Provided detailed engineering support and consultation across departments to improve network architecture planning and increase procurement speed through improved equipment selection and testing strategies.

Tyumen, Russian Federation

Serving as an instructor for the university-based Cisco Networking Academy during graduate study:· Achieved 75-85% student first-time pass rate for CCNA R&S and CCNA Security industry certifications by improving training delivery and assessment methods.· Integrated a network management system to automate the rotation of training pods, which influenced grow of the labs completion rate during workshops by 80%.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Fulbright Scholarship

Specialist In Mathematics, Information Security